Leveraging Commercial Space for Earth and Ocean Remote Sensing

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by  Committee for the Assessment of Partnership Options for a Small Satellite System for Collecting Scientific Quality Oceanic and Coastal Data

Committee for the Assessment of Partnership Options for a Small Satellite
System for Collecting Scientific Quality Oceanic and Coastal Data
Intelligence Community Studies Board
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
A Consensus Study Report of
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COMMITTEE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PARTNERSHIP OPTIONS FOR A SMALL SATELLITE
SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING SCIENTIFIC QUALITY OCEANIC AND COASTAL DATA
STEVEN BATTEL, NAE,1 Battel Engineering, Inc., Chair
ANNY CAZENAVE, NAS,2 Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales
JONATHAN M. DYER, Muon Space, Inc.
CHRISTINE FOX, Johns Hopkins University
DAVID KOPLOW, Georgetown University
CHARLES NORTON, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
PATRIC PATTERSON, Space Dynamics Laboratory
JOSEPH ROTHENBERG, Independent Consultant
CHRISTOPHER RUF, University of Michigan
STEVEN SCHOONER, George Washington University
CATHERINE VENTURINI, The Aerospace Corporation
DAVID VOSS, Space Force
BRUCE YOST, NASA Ames Research Center
Staff
JOSEPH CZIKA, Senior Program Officer
NATHANIEL DEBEVOISE, Research Associate
LIZA HAMILTON, Program Officer
MARGUERITE SCHNEIDER, Administrative Coordinator
ALAN H. SHAW, Director
1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
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INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STUDIES BOARD
FREDERICK R. CHANG, NAE,1 Southern Methodist University, Co-Chair
ROBERT C. DYNES, NAS,2 University of California (President Emeritus), Co-Chair
JOEL BRENNER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ROBERT CARDILLO, The Cardillo Group, LLC
TOMÁS DÍAZ DE LA RUBIA, University of Oklahoma
ROBERT A. FEIN, Harvard Medical School
MIRIAM E. JOHN, Independent Consultant
ANITA K. JONES, NAE, University of Virginia (Professor Emerita)
STEVEN E. KOONIN, NAS, Center for Urban Science and Progress
ROBERT H. LATIFF (USAF, Ret.), R. Latiff Associates
MARK M. LOWENTHAL, Intelligence & Security Academy, LLC
MICHAEL A. MARLETTA, NAS/NAM,3 University of California, Berkeley
L. ROGER MASON, JR., Peraton
CARMEN L. MIDDLETON, The Walt Disney Company
WILLIAM C. OSTENDORFF, United States Naval Academy
DAVID A. RELMAN, NAM, Stanford University
ELIZABETH RINDSKOPF PARKER, State Bar of California (Retired)
SAMUEL S. VISNER, National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (MITRE)
DAVID A. WHELAN, NAE, Cubic
Staff
DIONNA ALI, Associate Program Officer
JOSEPH CZIKA, Senior Program Officer
MELVIN EULAU, Senior Program Officer
MICHAEL ANTHONY FAINBERG, Senior Program Officer
CARYN A. LESLIE, Associate Director
LIZA HAMILTON, Program Officer
NIA JOHNSON, Program Officer
CHRIS JONES, Financial Manager
ALAN H. SHAW, Director
1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
3 Member, National Academy of Medicine.
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Acknowledgment of Reviewers
This Consensus Study Report was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspec-
tives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments
that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published report
as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and
responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the
integrity of the deliberative process.
We thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Stephen A. Fuselier, NAS,1 Southwest Research Institute,
Sarah T. Gille, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
Peter L. Hays, Falcon Research,
Benjamin Poole, MITRE National Security Engineering Center,
David D. Spencer, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service/National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Karen St. Germain, NASA,
Leonard Strachan, Jr., Naval Research Laboratory,
Florence Tan, NASA, and
David A. Whelan, NAE,2 Cubic.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not
asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report nor did they see the final draft before its release.
The review of this report was overseen by Richard Crout, Naval Research Laboratory, and Soroosh Sorooshian,
NAE, University of California, Irvine. They were responsible for making certain that an independent examination
of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review com-
ments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authoring committee
and the National Academies.
1 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
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Contents
SUMMARY 1
1 INTRODUCTION 9
2 CURRENT AND FUTURE COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE 16
3 HYBRID SPACE ARCHITECTURE AND THE PATHWAY TO A
NEW SPACE ECOSYSTEM 35
4 SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS 43
5 BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF NEW BUSINESS MODELS 58
6 CONCLUDING STATEMENT BY THE COMMITTEE 71
APPENDIXES
A Addressing the National Oceanographic Partnership Program
Challenge of Conducting a Technology Demonstration 79
B Acronyms and Abbreviations 81
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